Shopify app
EmergingBuilt for ShopifyScarcity.AI: Countdown Timer
Create urgency with a customizable timer bar and hurrify sales
- Rating on Shopify
- 4.7(31)
- Reviews
- 31
- Developer
- Effective Apps
- Launched
- March 6, 2020
- Pricing
- Free plan available. Free trial available.
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), German, Dutch, Turkish, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian, Japanese
The facts
Every value below is read from the listing or computed by the published formula. Nothing is a verdict.
Bayesian rating
4.63
category median 4.55
Reviews in the last 180 days
2
from the 3 reviews on the listing page
1 and 2 star share
0%
0 of 31
Starting price
$4.99/month
band: Under $10 · 7-day trial
Pricing plans as listed on Shopify
All charges are billed in USD. Recurring and usage-based charges are billed every 30 days.
| Plan | Price | Billed yearly | Trial | Usage fee | Included |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development Stores | Free | not offered | none | none stated | For development & partner stores only; Unlimited access to all of the features; Payment will be activated on upgrade |
| Monthly Plan | $4.99/month | $41.88/year | 7 days | none stated | Add countdown timer to your store; Multiple timer types: Textual & flipping; Auto empty the cart when the time is up; Customizable Announcement Timer Bar; Show the timer for specific products; Supports all themes, carts & drawers; Supports all cart drawers & mobile store; Online support |
| Plus Plan | $12.99/month | $109.11/year | 7 days | none stated | For Shopify Plus stores; Show a Scarcity message in Checkout page; Multiple timer types: Textual & flipping; Auto empty the cart when the time is up; Customizable Announcement Timer Bar; Show the timer for specific products; Supports all themes, carts & drawers; Online support |
Rating distribution
31 ratings on the listing when last refreshed.
- 5 stars29(94%)
- 4 stars0(0%)
- 3 stars2(6%)
- 2 stars0(0%)
- 1 star0(0%)
Latest reviews
The 3 most recent of 3 on-page reviews, quoted to at most 25 words each. Full reviews are on the Shopify listing.
5 starsJul 24, 2026Elise & DaliaUnited Kingdom19 minutes using the app
"great app, simple to set up, great and fast support team"
5 starsJul 22, 2026MatsalPakistan13 days using the app
"Very useful app"
3 starsDec 10, 2025FromPicToArtUnited StatesAbout 19 hours using the app
"Nice design, but doesn't work with my dawn theme"
Features Shopify lists for this app
Feature handles from the listing, grouped as Shopify groups them.
Display options
- Custom CSS
- Color and font
- Custom text
- Custom position
- Announcement bar
- Sticky banner
- Pop-ups
- Animations
- Cart page
- Checkout page
- Landing pages
- Product pages
Timing options
- Recurring
- Scheduled
- Date range
- Event-based
- Reset per visit
- Fixed end date
- Fixed minute
- One-time
- Session-based
- Timed session
Timer type
- Daily deals
- Flash sales
- Time-limited promotion
- Expiration date
- Special event
- Pre-order
- Product launch
- Checkout
- Shipping cut-off
- Store launch
Cart display
- Announcements
- Custom styles
- Custom rules
- Custom HTML
- Custom CSS
- Promotions
- Mobile responsive
- Cart drawer
- Sticky cart
- Countdown timers
Upselling
- Buy more, save more
- Free shipping
- Shipping bar
- Rewards redemption
Checkout customization
- Custom notes
- Multi-language
Works with
Third-party integrations link to their hub when 5 or more apps name them. Shopify's own surfaces are listed separately and never counted as integrations.
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Shopify surfaces: Checkout, Shopify Admin
Data access
As disclosed on the listing. Never scored.
View customer data
Device and activity data
- Device and activity data: IP address, browser and operating system, browsing behavior, client ID cookie
View staff and contributor data
Store owner, blog contributors
- Store owner: Name, email address, phone number, physical address
- Blog contributors: Email address, IP address, browser and operating system
View and edit store data
Customers, products, store analytics, Online Store
- View customers: Browsing behavior
- View products: Products, collections
- Edit store analytics: Web pixels
- Edit Online Store: Online Store pages, Online Store script tags, theme
- Edit other data: Resource feedbacks
Developer
Effective Apps
- Apps in the dataset:
- 17
- Address:
- 13 Max Nordau, Ashdod, 7722119, IL
- Website:
- scarcity.ai
- Support email domain:
- effectify.co
- English support:
- yes
- Resources:
- Privacy policy, FAQ, demo store
Similar apps
Shopify's own similar-apps list first, then apps in the same category that share the most feature handles.
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On Shopify, not yet in the dataset · listed as similar by Shopify
Hoppy Cart Countdown Timer Bar
4.9(85) · shares 67% of feature handles
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Scala Urgency Countdown Timer
5.0(2) · shares 67% of feature handles
From the Shopify listingDeveloper claims, shown verbatim and collapsed. 96 words.Show
- Add a cart countdown timer to your cart page, cart drawer, side cart & timer bar
- Reserve cart & auto-empty it when the Scarcity countdown cart timer hits zero
- Add an announcement bar timer and Timer App Blocks to any page, product or cart
- Converting presets for Halloween, Black Friday (BFCM) & Christmas flash sale
- AI-powered Scarcity: customize your countdown clock, counter & timer bar text
Create Urgency with countdown timer bar, flash sale timer, product countdown & sales countdown clock
Make more money with the power of Scarcity.AI! Create scarcity, urgency and FOMO to rush customers to buy now. Add a cart timer, checkout timer, sale timer, timer bar or countdown timer bar. The pre-checkout timer reserves the cart, and the count down timer empties it at zero - real Scarcity, not just a clock, counter or countdown. Use converting holiday presets for Halloween, Black Friday (BFCM) & Christmas (Navidad). Turn hesitation to conversion. Reduce abandoned carts & boost revenue today.
Questions and comments
Questions people ask about Scarcity.AI: Countdown Timer, answered from what this page shows. Entries marked Site editor are written by the EcomAppReviews editor. Reader comments appear after a person has read and approved them, usually within a day. E-mail addresses are never published.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Ratings and review counts are the values shown on each app's public listing. How the numbers are computed: methodology.
31 reviews counted on the listing. Rating and count in the structured data are the values Shopify displayed when the listing was last refreshed.